This is an A-Level sociology lesson (AQA). The lesson focuses on class differences in education with reference to external factors. The lesson focuses on cultural deprivation. It is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson and the power point consists of 13 slides. included- -starter, crossword (worksheet attached) -explanation of social class groups -detailed explanation of cultural capital with reference to language codes -short quiz to check students understanding on what has been covered so far -three slides explaining how parents have an influence over their child’s academic achievement. E.g. use of income, their own education. -explanation of working class subcultures. E.g. Sugarman (1970) -evaluation -introduction/ explanation of compensatory education. research task for students to complete, this could be done as homework or during the lesson if students have access to the internet. Instruction sheets for students attached.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the rise in singlehood and changes in marriage patterns. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point consists of 10 slides. included: -starter activity. Students to make the highest scoring sociological key concept using the scrabble board. -explanation of what singlehood is. Key statistics to add context. -explanation of the reasons for the growth in singlehood. Student task- to rank them in order of which reasons they think have made the biggest impact. -links to theory. - Feminism and Post modernism, -changing marriage patterns. Key question to students- do you think marriage is important? -changing marriage patterns in the UK. Key statistics. -why are less people getting married?. Student task to create a mindmap, then model the answers (these are included on the power point). -reading task. The reading provides more detail on marriage patterns and reasons for why they are changing. Students to answer some key questions which are included on the power point using the reading. -Challenge/ extension questions included throughout. -plenary- question task. Students to pick which questions they wish to answer, colour coded based on difficulty level.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson, which focuses on how far conjugal roles have changed. This is the second lesson on conjugal roles, lesson 1 explains what conjugal roles are. The lesson is designed to last a 90 minute lesson and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. By the end of the lesson students will be able to explain whether conjugal roles have changed or not, by referring to decision making and money management, the dual burden, triple shift, the media and childcare patterns. Included: -starter activity. Students are shown some graphs which explain housework patters. Students to answer key questions using the data on the graph. -students are encouraged to think about the problems women may face with the domestic division of labour. -have families become more equal? pair activity. Students are given information packs, these contain information about conjugal roles (decision making, money management, dual burden etc). Students will then teach their partner. -the power point then goes on to explain each point in more detail. For example, the hours spent on household tasks, Ann Oakely, Duncombe and Marsden, Pahl and Edgell. Challenge questions are also provided on the power point. -male and female roles. Students are given a list of characteristics and they should decide whether they belong pre or post 1970s. Answers on power point. -conjugal role quick quiz. This tests students on everything they have learnt about conjugal roles. The quiz is provided on a separate document. -plenary. How well do students know their key concepts and sociologists? Students are provided with key terms and people, their task is to ensure they can explain each one. This is a differentiated task, each key concept is worth a different amount of points (colour coded).

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on aims and hypothesis. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. The lesson covers; hypothesis, aims, questions for research and 2 mark exam questions. Included: Starter activity which recaps key concepts. Answers included on the pp. Title page. Encouraging students to think about what an aim and hypothesis is. Explanation of hypothesis. Challenge question provided. Writing an hypothesis. Student task, to write a hypothesis for the topic areas provided. An example is also given. Questions for research. Challenge question provided. Establishing an aim. Student task- to write an aim for an area they would want to research. Making your terms clear and operationalising concepts. Planning research. Diagram of the stages a researcher would go through. Explanation of how to answer 2 mark exam questions. Practice exam questions. Students to answer as many as they can.

This is a year 13 Sociology lesson, focusing on the theory and methods unit. This is the first lesson on Feminism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. This lesson includes: Starter activity, recapping education unit. True or false activity, answers included. Outline of what the specification includes for theory and methods. Outline of the three exam papers and marks per paper. Recap of the feminist view of education. Explanation of the three waves of feminism with a short video clip. Youtube link on the PP slide. Explanation of ‘malestream’ society. Why is feminism so important? Walby’s six strands of patriarchy. Wider reading, Metoo movement. - from the sociology review. Article is not included on here, however please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk if you would like it. Thank you.

This is an A-level sociology lesson which focuses on theory and methods (year 13). This lesson specifically focuses on types of feminism, with an emphasis on Liberal and Radical. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. There are a total of 15 sldies on the power point. Included: Starter activity. Theories of education recap. Prior knowledge check, students to work out which statements go with each type of feminism. Answers provided. Types of Feminism, overview information sheet. Explanation of Liberal feminist ideas - Links to Oakley and Sharpe. Evaluation included. Explanation of Radical feminist ideas. The personal is political and their ideas about change. Evaluation included. SlutWalk articles, encouraging students to think about why they were organised and why people joined. QR codes for the articles on the power point slide. Plenary - debate/ discussion.

This is an AQA Sociology lesson, focusing on the theory and methods unit. This lesson specifically focuses on Feminism - Marxist Feminism, Difference Feminism and Poststructural Feminism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes, there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, education unit recap (key sociologists names). Answers included. Review of liberal and radical feminism, answers included. Explanation of Marxist Feminist ideas including evaluation. Explanation of dual systems Feminism.- Walby and Pollert What is intersectional Feminism - youtube clip. Link on the Pp slide. Explanation of Difference Feminsm. Explanation of Poststructuralist feminism and evaluation. Plenary/ HW, summary Feminist theory poster task.

This is an A-Level sociology lesson which focuses on the Theory and Methods unit. This lesson specifically covers Symbolic Interactionism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter, 4 mark exam questions encouraging students to recap the education unit. Title page, encourage students to recap social action theories. Symbolic Interactionism in a nutshell. The difference between Interactionism & Symbolic Interactionism. Explanation of Mead. Explanation of Blumer. Goffman’s dramaturgical model - youtube video, link included on the pp slide. Key terms/ explanation also explained. Evaluation of Interactionist ideas. Summary sheet - attached as a separate document. Students to fill in. Plenary - students to plan a 10 mark exam style question.

This is an A-level Sociology lesson (AQA) which forms part of the Theory and Methods Unit. This lesson specifically covers The Suicide debate (Durkheim, Douglas & Atkinson) and then moved on to Phenomenology. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 15 slides on the power point. Included: Education recap, true or false activity. Answers provided. Mini quiz on Symbolic Interactionism. Answers included on the slide. Intro the Suicide debate - why it is useful? Worksheet attached as a separate document, space for pupils to make notes on each theory/ idea. Explanation of Durkheim’s ideas, linking to official statistics, types of suicide and evaluation. Explanation of Dougalas views on suicide. Explanation on Atkinson’s views on suicide. Explanation of Phenomenology, including Typifications. Worksheet for students to summaries each Social Action theory. Attached as a separate document.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson (AQA) which focuses on the Functionalist view of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 15 slides on the Powerpoint. Documents included: Powerpoint Key concepts sheet ‘know it well’ tick sheet Theories of crime and deviance overview sheet. Powerpoint includes: Education starter, recap. Overview of the A-Level sociology exams - crime and deviance, focusing on paper 3. Outline of the question types. Crime and Deviance specification. Title page - encouraging pupils to think about the positive function of crime, how it may be socially constructed. Outline of Durkheim: Anomie, positive function of crime. Key terms such as: collective sentiments, social solidarity/ cohesion, value consensus, socialisation, social control. Other functions of deviance: Polsky, Davis, Cohen, Erikson. Evaluation of Functionalism. 6 mark exam question assessing pupils knowledge from the lesson - mark scheme included on the slide.

This is an A-level Sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 15 slides on the Powerpoint. The lesson talks through Merton’s strain theory as well as, subcultural strain theories. Included: Starter activity, education recap. Functionalist view of crime recap - questions and answers include. Explanation of Merton’s strain theory, include anomie and the reactions to strain. Youtube clip to illustrate how society is not Meritocratic - link included on the pp slide. Evaluation of Merton’s strain theory. Explanation of subcultural strain theories including: Cohen - status frustration & alternative status hierarchy. Cloward and Ohlin - three subcultures. Student match up task, provided on a word document attached. Evaluation of Cloward and Ohlin. Plenary - reactions to strain match up task.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance topic. The lesson focuses specifically on subcultural explanations of crime. Please note that this does not include Subcultural strain theories. The lesson is designed to last 30-40 minutes, there are a total of 7 slides on the powerpoint. There is also a worksheet which includes questions for students to answer as the content is being discussed. Content included: Miller - Focal concerns Nightingale (1993) - ethnicity and subcultures. Korem - Middle class gangs Matza - Subterranean values. As a criticism for subcultural explanations. Application task. Students to apply the techniques of neutralisation to different statements. Answers on the slide.

This is an A-Level Sociology lessson AQA, which focuses on Interactionism and Labelling. Crime and Deviance. Included is two lessons which cover the interactionist perspective. Although two lessons are included, this could be made into one lesson. The lessons included students creating a presentation, however this could be removed and made into one lesson. Included in Power point 1: Theories of education starter activity. Answers included. An Introduction to Interactionism - criminal stereotypes, typical offender. The social construction of crime. Howard Becker - An overview. Who gets labelled? - Piliavin and Briar (1964) Which groups are likely to be labelled? - Statistics included. Presentation task. This encourages students to work in small groups to create a presentation on labelling. The aim is for them to present next lesson. This task can be removed if not appropriate. Instructions of what students should include is on the PP slide. Included in Power Point 2: Education recap starter activity. Students to match the key sociologists to the concept. Answers included. Students to complete presentations. (Slide can be removed if not necessary) The rest of the lesson focuses on covering key ideas from Cicourel: the negotiation of justice, Topic versus resource, the social construction of crime statistics, the effects of labelling: primary and secondary deviance, deviance amplification spiral, reintegrative shaming. Pupils to fill in the question worksheet whilst teacher talks through the questions and answers. These questions cover the content which students should have included in their presentations. Evaluating interactionism and Labelling theory. Plenary - 10 mark exam question on the effects of labelling.